LEON is ranked as the 417th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 147,164.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 46.15 people named LEON for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is commonly used as either a first or last name. More specifically, it is used as a first name 65% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named LEON is 88,420.
The SSA data also shows that LEON is used as a boy's name 99% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
LEON is
74.5% White,
6.1% Hispanic origin,
14.8% Black,
2.4% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.5% Two or More Races,
and 0.7% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name LEON have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name LEON is included in the following name categories:
Polish masculine given name
German Common surname
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
French masculine given name
Greek surname
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
Spanish surname
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Common Swedish masculine given name - SCB Data
US masculine baby name - Social Security Administration
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name LEON
The state with the most people named
LEON is
California where
15,293 people have this name.
Arkansas is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named LEON, as
76.45 in every 100,000
Arkansans
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Florida.
Arkansas is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
1 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Rhode Island
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name LEON
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
5,138
39.89
99.2%
Indiana
2,599
39.4
98.6%
Iowa
1,615
51.99
98.5%
Kansas
1,660
57.15
97.7%
Michigan
5,122
51.69
99.5%
Minnesota
2,457
45.03
99.0%
Missouri
2,034
67.94
98.5%
Nebraska
848
45.05
96.6%
North Dakota
450
60.9
93.7%
Ohio
2,809
24.23
98.7%
South Dakota
336
39.39
92.2%
Wisconsin
2,505
43.5
98.9%
West States
State stats for the first name LEON
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
223
30.27
89.9%
Arizona
2,107
31.3
98.1%
California
15,293
39.41
99.6%
Colorado
1,472
27.49
97.9%
Hawaii
325
22.9
96.5%
Idaho
648
39.65
95.8%
Montana
337
32.95
93.0%
Nevada
1,128
39.73
97.6%
New Mexico
896
42.98
96.2%
Oregon
1,337
33.68
97.7%
Utah
1,101
37.43
97.3%
Washington
2,328
32.97
99.0%
Wyoming
159
27.14
89.0%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name LEON
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have LEON as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named LEON.
The most popular full name is LEON Smith.
1.10% of all the people named LEON
have this family name.
There are 13916 last
names associated with this first name.